In Red Wings Land

Red Wings star Dylan Larkin grows as a leader, coach at annual hockey school | WXYZ

This is fun. Love to see Dylan Larkin working with kids. Also love to see the shots of Lakeland Ice Arena. I played out of that rink for almost a decade as a kid. Good to see the old barn is still standing and looking in decent shape.

Sidebar... I definitely need one of those Larkin Hockey School hats.

Around the League

The best contract for every NHL team | ESPN

They might want to update the Red Wings’ section of this article with Anthony Mantha’s new contract.

Down Goes Brown: Best NHL defence pairs of the past 30 years | Sportsnet

Nicklas Lidstrom and Chris Chelios were pretty darn good back in the day. If we’re going to get nostalgic, one pair that will never be considered among the best ever, but will always be one of my favorites is Niklas Kronwall and Brad Stuart. They were such a great 2nd pair during the Wings 2008 Stanley Cup run.